Places that review games, both educational and commercial [Magic Bullet Games]

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<html> <table width=“99%” border=“0” cellspacing=“1” cellpadding=“2” align=“center” bgcolor=“#000080”> <tr> <td colspan=“2” bgcolor=“#000080”><a name=“reviews”></a>Game Reviews and Evaluations</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#006699” width=“200”>

Children's Technology Review
 Formerly Children's Software Revue

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>Children's Software Review: <a href=“http://www.childrenssoftware.com”>http://www.childrenssoftware.com</a> Children's Software Revue (CSR) is a primary review source of children's interactive media products. The editors attempt to help parents, children's librarians and teachers leverage the power of technology to support the development of children ages birth to 16. One way of doing this is by providing timely, accurate reviews of commercial interactive products, including educational software, videogames, smart toys and web sites. </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#ff9900” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>GameCritics: <a href=“http://gamecritics.com/index.php%20”>http://gamecritics.com/index.php </a>GameCritics.com is an independently owned videogame webzine dedicated to the following principles: 1. Provide consumers with insightful, useful, and entertaining content on videogames. 2. Present a diverse range of perspectives and opinions from writers of different backgrounds. 3. Redefine the grammar of game criticism and mainstream perception of videogames.</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“white” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>This site is about helping all parties – Kids, Parents and Teachers – bridge that gap, in order to help kids extract the maximum learning from their games, while still keeping them fun. <a href=“http://www.gamesparentsteachers.com/”>http://www.gamesparentsteachers.com/</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#336699” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>GameRankings: <a href=“http://www.gamerankings.com/”>http://www.gamerankings.com/</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#ffcc00” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>GameSpot: <a href=“http://www.gamespot.com/%20”>http://www.gamespot.com/ </a>GameSpot launched in May 1996, with the goal of becoming the world's best online information resource for PC gaming enthusiasts. GameSpot began as a small start-up company founded by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady, and Jon Epstein, who had all worked together at IDG's Multimedia World Magazine. The idea was to create an online gaming site that would combine the editorial quality of a top print magazine with the interactivity and multimedia capabilities unique to the Internet.</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#000066” width=“200”>

<dl> <dt>GameStats.com </dl>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>GameStats: <a href=“http://www.gamestats.com/help.html”>http://www.gamestats.com/help.html</a> ) GameStats is focused squarely on providing the most objective view on games, both released and unreleased. To do this, GameStats assembles articles from around the web, allows gamers to weigh in with their opinions, and lets you access daily popularity statistics for thousands of games.</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#6699ff” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>Home of the Underdogs: <a href=“http://www.the-underdogs.info/”>http://www.the-underdogs.info/</a> Home of the Underdogs is a non-profit site dedicated to the preservation and promotion of underrated PC games (and a few non-PC games) of all ages: good games that deserve a second chance after dismal sales or critical reviews that we feel are unwarranted. By nature, our criteria for choosing games to be honored here are subjective. However, we believe that our collective experience (many of us started gaming in late 1970s) allows us to be confident of our choices: we've played many of the best and worst games ever made. Therefore, we believe that our "Top Dog" tag signifies a truly remarkable classic, while at the other end of the spectrum our "Real Dog" tag signifies marginal underdogs we think you really should avoid (most of them are here only because a number of visitors pleaded us for them, anyway [EG]).</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#b4b4b4” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>IGN.com: Attracting more than 10 million unique visitors each month, IGN.com (<a href=“http://www.ign.com”>http://www.ign.com</a>) is one of the highest trafficked entertainment and games destinations on the Web. IGN was born from the philosophy that quality content is the stickiest tool on the Internet today. IGN is a two-time winner of the Webby Awards People's Voice Award for best gaming site (2001 and 1998) and also a two-time winner of Wired Magazine's Readers Raves Award, as 2000's "Top Web Hangout" and as 1999's "Best Entertainment Site". IGN also offers its users access to premium content services through the IGN Insider subscription program.</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#3366ff” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>MobyGames is the working name of an extremely ambitious project: To meticulously catalog all relevant information about electronic games (computer, console, and arcade) on a game-by-game basis, and then offer up that information through flexible queries and "data mining". In layman's terms, it's a huge game database. [<a href=“http://www.mobygames.com/home”>http://www.mobygames.com/home</a>] Educational Games: [<a href=“http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/c,12/o,2/”>http://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/c,12/o,2/</a>]</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“white” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”> Rocky Mountain Learning Systems: <a href=“http://www.rmlearning.com/”>http://www.rmlearning.com/</a> is dedicated to people and to learning, because EVERY human being is special and deserves the opportunity to reach his or her FULLEST POTENTIAL. Our goal, purpose, and passion is to find the BEST educational resources and make them available to benefit … one person at a time. </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#003399” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>Software and Information Industry Association: <a href=“http://www.siia.net/default.asp”>http://www.siia.net/default.asp</a> The Software & Information Industry Association is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to the leading companies that are setting the pace for the digital age.</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#c8c8c8” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”> <dl> <dt>SuperKids Educational Software Review: <a href=“http://www.superkids.com/”>http://www.superkids.com/</a> SuperKids is a website for parents and teachers who want the best in education for their children. SuperKids provides: Reviews and ratings of educational software; Practical and fun tools for online and offline use; News about important educational issues; Views of visionaries and policymakers. <dl></dl> </dl> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=“#339966” width=“200”>

</td> <td bgcolor=“white”>Teachers Evaluating Educational Multimedia
<img src=“../KB/Resources/DoDads/Flags/greatbritain.gif” alt=“” width=“60” height=“40” align=“right” border=“0”>TEEM provides teachers with free access to independent, classroom-based evaluations of educational Digital Resources. Because TEEM-trained classroom teachers write these evaluations, readers can be sure that they are receiving impartial, thorough and reliable advice. [<a href=“http://www.teem.org.uk/”>http://www.teem.org.uk/</a>]</td> </tr> </table> </html> back to top